Splish Splash

Happy Spring! Pittsburgh had quite a bit of rain this week. In kindergarten, we read lots of books about spring activities, which mainly seemed to focus on animals jumping on puddles. So, I should not have been surprised when my favorite bus line friend, whose hand I was holding to keep him from impulsively rushing out into the street and getting crushed by a school bus, spotted a puddle and did a flying leap into it, creating a large splash that soaked my shoes and pants.

In other cute kid news, we started the bug unit in science. This involved all the primary teachers receiving boxes marked "perishable" that contained hundreds of squirmy little insects like meal worms. Mmmmm. Needless to say, some of them were feeling a bit squeamish about this. But the kids absolutely love it. Yesterday, two little boys, as they arrived at school, announced that they had worms in their pockets, that they found in the cemetary. But the best part was when they pulled out special presents for their teachers (cookies) from the same pockets. Thanks, kids!